Rockets



PQLICHT.

Y Improvement inRockts,

1.3,?2134I l Patented N`ov.19i1872.

2K5 A Y PHILLIPP LIGHT, 0F EAST WILLIAMSBURG, NEW YORK.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,@34, dated November 19, i872.

To all whom it may concern:

vBe it known that I, PHILLIPP LICHT, of East Williamsburg, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have inventedva new and useful Improvement in Rockets; and I do hereby decl are the following to be a full, clear, and exactv description, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference bein ghad to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which drawingp Figure l is an elevation of a rocket constructed according to my invention, the sticks tion, making the package only of the lengthv of the body of the .rockets of their sticks, respectively, instead oi' their combined length,

as in rockets as heretofore prepared for mar ket.

My invention diminishes the exposure to in: jury by decreasing the length of the package, and diminishes the diiiiculty of transportation.

The body of the rocket at the base is pro vided with sockets to receive the detachable sticks, outer faces of the sockets being inclined at an angle with the axis of the rocket, and the inner facesof the sticks at the 'ends which enter the sockets being made with acorrespending angle, so that when the sticks are inserted in the sockets their supporting ends diverge and thereby widen the area of support.

vThe letter A designatesthe body of a rocket, and B are sockets, four in number in'this case, arranged around the center of the rocket at its base end to receive supporting-sticks D, which are inserted in the rockets when the rocket is to be tired. lhe sockets are beveled, as are also the upper ends of the sticks, at one. side, in such a manner that when the sticks are inserted their lower end will diverge, as-

shown in Fig. 1. The sockets are concealed from view and confined upon the lower endof the body of the rocket by paper or other fabric; and, as an' additional security against disy placement, they will in some instances be conlined by glue or tacking, as shown in section in Fig. 4. The outside surface of the sockets being inclined from the top to the bottom, and the upper edge being almost liush with the body of the rocket, the passage of the rocket when red will not be so much impeded by the action of the air as would be the case in such Where lugs or wire rings were employed. By making the sockets with inclined outer `faces and of considerable length, as shown,

thus securing` triangular-shaped seats' for the beveled ends of the sticks, the said sticks can be removed or replaced with ease-and facility, and at the same time, by embracing the sides and edges ot' the sticks, as shown, allslipping or lateral motion will be prevented, which re sults could not be secured if a Wire were used in connection with the sticks.

The construction thus given to the'sticks. and to the sockets will, when the sticks are inserted in theircone-sh apedseats, support the rocket in a firm, substantial'manner, due to the 4fact that the supporting ends of the sticks-diverge, thus enlarging the area of support..

What I claim as new, and desire te secure by Letters Patent, is-

The series of sockets B, formed with inclined x outer faces and confined upon the body of the rocket/,as described, to create triangular-shaped seats for the beveled edges of the sticks D, as

I'herein shown, for the purpose specified.

l PHILLIPP LICHT.

Witnesses:

J oHN LIGHT, YE. F. KAsTENHU'BER. 

